Chapter 112 The Three Poisons, the Lord of the White Clouds, and the Mind?
Chapter 112 Three poisons, the master of Baiyun Temple, is hesitant? (Please subscribe)
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Lu Ning looked at the empress with a speechless expression, "I'm going to court, and you're actually obsessed with me?"
The empress' phoenix eyes blinked and she waved slightly to Lu Ning.
Only then did Lu Ning realize that in the court, Qin Zhong and others had stopped arguing and were staring at him quietly.
Seeing this, Lu Ning didn't feel embarrassed. He puffed up his chest, turned around and walked down the Golden Dragon Terrace.
"Your Majesty, I believe that internal troubles should be eliminated first, and then external troubles should be solved."
After Qin Zhong glanced at Lu Ning, his old eyes flashed slightly as he stepped forward and bowed.
Seeing that the empress remained silent, he continued:
"If King Yongshan doesn't come to the enthronement ceremony, he has no intention of bowing his head and paying homage."
"And since last month, he has recruited a large number of troops without the permission of the court. His disobedience is known to everyone on the road."
"The old minister suggested that your majesty remove all military power from King Yongshan and recommend Zhenbei Marquis Xu Kaishi to take over as his replacement, so as to relieve your majesty's worries!"
When Xu Kaishi, the Marquis of Zhenbei heard this, he was very excited in his heart, but there was no change on his face. He held the ivory wat in his hand and lined up towards the wat: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Yongzhou to take over all the military power from King Yongshan and guard the demons in southern Xinjiang.
clan to suppress the unrest in Sangzhou."
The empress' phoenix eyes flashed slightly and she glanced at Xu Kaishi.
He looked at Qin Zhong again.
"King Yongshan is my uncle of the Sixth Emperor. He guards Yongzhou and has important responsibilities. It is understandable that he did not come to Beijing to attend my enthronement ceremony. Please don't mention this matter again."
"On the contrary, all the countries in the Western Regions have come to express their condolences to my father. No matter what their intentions are, Zhou, as the superior state, should receive them first, so let's arrange this first."
"Other minor matters will be reviewed by the Cabinet, handled properly by the Sixth Department, and supervised by the Demon Suppression Division."
Before Chen hour.
The empress retired from the court and left the Tai Chi Hall.
Qin Zhong and others saluted, and they did not raise their heads until the empress completely disappeared from the Tai Chi Hall.
For most of the last half of the court, there was a mountain of memorials, but the empress did not deal with a few of them.
Watching Eunuch Liu lead the people to carry the memorial away.
Old Qin Zhong's eyes flashed. He originally thought that the empress would definitely punish King Yongshan on her first day in court, or at least remove him from all military power.
However, he did not expect that the empress would care about the condolences of the Western Regions to Emperor Ming Wu. Although this matter was not a trivial matter, it was not an urgent matter. Li Hongmao, the Minister of Rites, would personally receive it. At most, the empress could just show up and it would be settled. How could it be handled specially.
It must have been Lu Ning who said something in the Empress' ear, which made the Empress change her mind.
Thinking about it, Qin Zhong's eyes flashed with a gloomy look.
Lu Ning's official position is not high, and he has thousands of households in the fifth-level magic control, but he has a gold medal for immunity from death, and he is favored by the empress. He is a person who cannot be offended.
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Yongle Palace.
The empress left only Bai Wei, Bai Xue, Lu Ning and Pei Tianbei. She looked at Lu Ning and asked: "Above the court, why do you suggest that I first receive the condolence envoys from the Western Regions?"
Lu Ning frowned slightly and said: "Your Majesty has just established, but the foundation is unstable. The Zhou Dynasty is troubled internally and externally. According to the current situation, it is unrealistic to secure the internal affairs, so we can only secure the external affairs."
"Securing the outside and excluding the internal, or in other words, making friends at a distance and attacking at the close."
"Only by stabilizing the external situation can we eliminate internal troubles bit by bit. Otherwise, internal troubles and foreign troubles will help each other, and it will be very difficult for Your Majesty to deal with them."
"As for King Yongshan, there won't be any big moves for a while."
"Besides, your Majesty really wants to get rid of King Yongshan. Now is not the time. Only when he actually rebels will your Majesty have the reason to send troops to quell the rebellion. At that time, even King Anshan will help you."
"What your Majesty needs to do now is to use Qin Zhong and others to change the impression of the aristocratic family on your Majesty."
"As long as they believe in His Majesty, if King Yongshan rebels, the aristocratic families will stand behind His Majesty and contribute money and effort."
Having said this, Lu Ning paused and continued:
"As for the northern barbarians, they are guarded by hundreds of thousands of northern Mang soldiers and will not pose any threat to the Zhou Dynasty for a while."
"If your Majesty is worried, you can send envoys to the barbarians in the north to make friends and appease the barbarians first."
"The Monster Clan in Southern Xinjiang is a big scourge. What we are most afraid of now is that King Yongshan is not recruiting troops to guard the Monster Clan in Southern Xinjiang, but to have more confidence to collude with the Monster Clan and cause trouble in the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"As for the turmoil in Sangzhou, His Majesty issued an edict and asked King Yongshan to suppress Sangzhou. Firstly, King Yongshan believed that Your Majesty had trust in him. Secondly, it also distracted King Yongshan."
"If there is a riot in Xiliang, let the Marquis of Zhenxi send troops to suppress it."
"As for the famine in Qingzhou, Mr. Qin Ge is not only rich but also loyal to the country. Why don't you let him solve this problem? With the supervision of Mr. Sizheng of the Demon Suppression Division, I believe that Mr. Qin Ge will fulfill his mission."
"If the bandits in Gyeongju are robbing, the local government can post notices and pay for experts to cooperate with the officers and soldiers to solve the problem."
The four empresses nodded frequently and looked at Lu Ning in surprise.
Lu Ning had been in the sky prison before, and he was able to analyze world affairs with great clarity.
I don't know if he figured it out after seeing too many felons in the sky prison, or if someone from an expert gave Lu Ning advice, and Lu Ning told them. In short, at Lu Ning's age, it is very impressive for him to be able to analyze and say these things.
amazing.
Lu Ning said: "Currently, the biggest crisis in the Zhou Dynasty is King Yongshan. However, if we want to deal with King Yongshan, we must first wait for him to raise an army to rebel, and secondly, we must not let him draw on the power of the countries in the Western Regions."
"So, your majesty will first deal with the condolence issues of the Western Regions countries. There may be princes and princesses coming. If we can make good friends, we can stabilize the Western Regions countries for a year or two. After King Yongshan is solved, we can then deal with the Western Regions countries.
It’s not too late to ask questions.”
The empress nodded and said, "What if King Yongshan has colluded with the countries in the Western Regions?"
Lu Ning said expressionlessly: "Yes, there must be, but the countries in the Western Regions do not fully trust King Yongshan, otherwise they would not think of coming to express their condolences."
"So when envoys come to express condolences, Your Majesty must not only receive them in person, but also be very friendly, interact with civil and military ministers, and appear to be united."
"Only in this way will the countries in the Western Regions be afraid."
The empress nodded secretly, glanced at the sundial outside the main hall, stood up and said, "Get off and go to Baiyun Taoist Temple."
Hear the words.
Lu Ning was slightly stunned. Are you going to see the Master of Baiyun Temple?
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Baiyun Taoist Temple.
In the northwest of Beijing and Zhou Dynasties, between the Baiyun Mountains.
It is only ten kilometers away from the Imperial City of Beijing and Zhou Dynasties, which is about the same distance as the Dongsheng Mountain Range of Confucius Institute from the Imperial City of Beijing and Zhou Dynasties.
When the empress traveled, Su Liuqi, the commander-in-chief of the imperial army, and Fang Xuewu, the commander-in-chief of the guards, each brought their own people to escort her.
Except, the Demon Suppressors are Lu Ning and Pei Tianbei.
The empress rode on a dragon, and the others all rode on horses.
In half the time it took to burn incense, we arrived at the foot of the Baiyun Mountains.
Lu Ning reined in his horse and raised his eyebrows to stare at a tall building deep in the Baiyun Mountains. It was built extremely magnificently.
There are twelve floors in the world, and Beijing and Zhou Dynasty account for three of them.
Tianxing Tower, Baiyunshan Tower, and Library.
Walking into the mountain along the mountain path, there are forbidden soldiers on duty every ten meters.
After a while, Long Chu arrived in front of the mountain gate of Baiyun Taoist Temple.
Meng Nanzhu led the true disciples from Baiyun Taoist Temple to greet him. They first performed the courtesy of the emperor, and then the disciples and sisters.
"Congratulations, junior sister. Master has been waiting in the temple for a long time." Meng Nanzhu took the empress' hand and said with a smile.
"Master, you are really good at predicting things!" the empress exclaimed in amazement.
Lu Ning was very surprised. He had always thought that Baiyun Taoist Temple had only female disciples, but it turned out that there were male disciples as well!
It's just a matter of yin rising and yang declining.
Half an hour later.
When everyone came to the tallest Taoist Temple Tower, they saw four big characters on the golden plaque: Baiyun Mountain Tower.
The empress looked at Lu Ning and others and said:
"You all stay down below."
As soon as he finished speaking, he and Meng Nanzhu walked into the Baiyun Mountain Tower.
Lu Ning and others could only stand on the jade square in front of the mountain tower, looking around at Baiyun Taoist Temple.
Pavilions and palaces are built on the top of the mountain, as well as some pavilions.
In the cold winter, there is snow on some peaks that has not melted, and the wind blows the chilly air.
Higher up, misty clouds linger on the top of the mountain, giving people a fairyland scene.
Lu Ning activated the "Xuan Yang Kung" a little, and the rich spiritual energy between heaven and earth was sucked into the body, purified, and turned into pure energy.
"It is indeed a treasured land in the fairy mountain. The aura is so strong!" Lu Ning nodded secretly and sighed in his heart.
Looking back at Baiyunshan Tower, there are thirteen floors in total.
Each floor is three feet high, and the total height is thirty-nine feet, which is six feet higher than the Tianxing Tower.
His spiritual consciousness swept around and hit the formation at the ninth level.
Lu Ning put away his consciousness.
The top floor of the mountain building looks like a huge pavilion.
The eight red-painted pillars are arranged according to the Bagua directions, and each pillar requires two people to hug each other.
The empress followed Meng Nanzhu to the top floor and saw a woman standing next to a large pillar wearing a white Taoist robe and her black hair was simply pulled up.
Judging from the back, the woman should be very young.
The empress stepped forward and was about to salute.
The master of Baiyun Temple turned around and saw a woman in her thirties who still had charm. There was a very obvious small red mole on her left cheek.
"Disciple Zhou Yan, pay homage to Master!"
The master of Baiyun Temple smiled and stretched out his hand to lift the empress up and said: "Now that you are the empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I should bow to you first as my master."
The empress shook her head and said: "Master is an expert from the Immortal family. You don't need to care about worldly etiquette. You don't need to salute when you see your disciples."
Master Baiyun Temple nodded secretly, smiled, and said: "Yan'er, come and sit."
The empress nodded, and together with Master Baiyun, came to the round table on the top floor and sat down.
Meng Nanzhu is responsible for making and pouring tea.
Master Baiyun took a sip of tea, looked at the empress and said:
"The poison in your father's body has been found out by my master. It is a mixed poison, a mixture of three kinds of poisons."
The empress looked at the Master of Baiyun Temple eagerly and said, "Master, what are the three kinds of poisons?"
The master of Baiyun Temple frowned and said: "The five-color snow cicada of the Xuanyin Sect, the scorpion blood poison of the Eighteen Demons from Beyond the Sky, and the Shayue Night Flower of the Sharo Kingdom in the Western Region."
"Five-color snow cicada, my master and the sword master helped your father to get rid of it in the early years, but it was not completely driven away. There is still very little venom left in the body. However, your father has the cultivation level and can completely suppress it. It is a fundamental threat.
Less than life."
"But in the past ten years, he has been poisoned by scorpion blood poison. This poison is also colorless and odorless. It is not obvious in small amounts, but if it is ingested for a long time, it will be difficult for gods to save him."
"When combined with the venom of the colorless and odorless Sand Moon Night Flower, it is simply the most poisonous poison in the world."
"The person who poisoned the poison has really good intentions. It is difficult for these three poisons to blend together at the same time. But when they enter the body in stages and use human flesh and blood as a vessel, a new kind of poison will be formed, such as tarsus.
Bone maggots cannot be driven out of the body, and those who are poisoned can only wait for death slowly."
"Prince Yong'an, your prince and brother also died because of this."
"As for who was responsible for the poison, we can investigate it bit by bit, including the Propaganda Department, the harem, the prince and the tutor, the civil and military ministers, the imperial army, and the guards. Don't even let the maids go."
"Because the person who poisons does not necessarily have to be a master. If an ordinary person obtains this kind of poison, he can secretly put it into food, and a silver needle cannot detect it."
"But the person who can obtain these three poisons is not a master, but also a person with great ability."
The empress nodded repeatedly and said, "Does Master have these three kinds of poisons in his hands?"
The Master of Baiyun Temple took out three white jade bottles as thick as a thumb from his sleeves. Each jade bottle had a mark on it.
"If these three bottles of poison are fed to any ordinary person, a small amount will cause death."
"If your cultivation level reaches level seven or above, you can last for three days."
"Rank 5 or above can last seven days."
"If it is not exterminated and treated, it will also lead to death from the poison."
"If the food is put into the human body in stages, little by little, although it can be suppressed, it will not be able to withstand it for ten years, and it will definitely die."
She stepped in to help suppress the poison in Emperor Mingwu's body for almost ten years, but she still couldn't stop Emperor Mingwu's life from passing away.
Maybe a super first-level strong person can get rid of all the poisons, but such strong people are rare in the world.
Even if it really stands in front of you, you may not be able to recognize it.
"As for who the murderer is, I can't help you anymore. You need to investigate slowly by yourself."
"Disciple understands."
The empress nodded and asked: "Master, what do you think of the current situation in the world?"
The master of Baiyun Temple smiled and said: "You already know it well, so why bother asking for a teacher?"
The empress also smiled and said, "I just want to hear Master's opinion."
The leader of Baiyun Temple frowned for a moment and said: "King Yongshan is a sinister and ruthless person, and he does things by any means. If he wants to rebel, he will definitely use the power of the demon clan in the southern border, the countries in the western region, and the two kings of Beimang and Anshan."
"From the current point of view, King Beimang will not help him, and King Anshan is hard to say. The same is true for the countries in the Western Region, but the demon clan in the southern border will definitely help King Anshan."
"Because the people of the Monster Tribe in Southern Xinjiang have the same temperament as King Yongshan, they are ruthless and unscrupulous in doing things. The people of the Monster Tribe wish that the Great Zhou Dynasty would be destroyed."
"But King Yongshan is hesitant. Cooperating with the demon clan is undoubtedly seeking the skin of a tiger. Maybe even he himself will be eaten by the demon clan in the end."
"At this time, the countries in the Western Regions were his most ideal partners, but in the Yunlu Battle that year, King Yongshan slaughtered many soldiers from the Western Regions."
"So the countries in the Western Regions hate and fear King Yongshan."
With that said, Master Baiyun stood up slowly and said while pacing: "I heard that the countries in the Western Regions have learned that your father has passed away and want to come to Beijing and Zhou to express their condolences."
Master Baiyun Temple turned around and stared at the empress, and said seriously:
"This is a good opportunity to form an alliance with the countries in the Western Regions. If you seize it, King Yongshan will rebel in the future, not to mention expecting the countries in the Western Regions to help you from behind."
"As long as they don't help King Yongshan, they are helping you."